“DIFFICULT COMPETITION”
GREEK V. ITALIANMORAL SUPPORT OF ATHLETES [United Press Association] c WELLINGTON. This Day. J The New Zealand Olympic Association has received from the Greek j I Olympic Committee a cable referring p to the difficult competition entered j . upon by the Greeks agajst the Italians. ( and asking lor moral support for a e campaign of propaganda to spread in C t the whole athletic world the conviction • : that Greece is standing as a defender of . i liberty and honour. The New Zealand j : committee has sent a cable in reply | | ■I stating that New Zealand athletes and people ai*e filled with admiration at ( ■ Greece’s magnificent efforts and that New Zealand athletes are doing their part in the fight against aggression and [ tyranny.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 11 December 1940, Page 2
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